Coin-holder.



No. 862,984. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907. G. S.'MARSH.

COIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APB..2, 1906.

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COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '13, 1907.

Application filed April 2, 1906. Serial No- 309,344.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. MARSH, of Winchester, county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inCoin-Holders, of

' which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention relates to coin holders and has for its object to improvethe construction of the same to the end that a pile of coins may becontained in a holder of convenient form and size with the endmost coinof the pile more or less exposed and in position to be engaged by thethumb and pushed outward through a discharge slot.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation a coin-holder em- 'bodyingthisinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section of the coin-holdershown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of the coin-holder. Fig. 4 is atransverse section pf the coin-holder taken on the dotted line 4-4,Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aside view of the end portion of the coin-holder,showing the discharge slot. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the endportion of the coin-holder taken on the dotted line 6-6, Fig. 3.

a represents a cylindrical barrel, which will be of any suitablediameter and length. At one end of the barrel an end cap b is formed orprovided, which more or less closes the end thereof, sufficiently atleast to prevent the coins, which are contained in the barrel, fromescaping. A thumb-receiving slot 0 is formed at the end of the holderthus constructed, which extends down below the end of the barrel, seeFig. 2, and cross-wise the end cap. This slot may extend nearly orentirely across the end cap, and is made with converging sides, see Fig.3, to provide a wide entrance, and the sides thereof are'also preferablybeveled as shown in Fig. 6.

Opposite the entrance to the thumb-receiving-slot and beneath the endcap a slot 11 is formed transversely in the barrel for the discharge ofthe coins. A spring e is contained in the barrel which is adapted tohold one or more coins, arranged in a pile, in engagement with the ehdcap. A plate f may be employed against which the spring bears and uponwhich the coins will be placed, or in lieu thereof any other form ofrest imay be provided for the coins. The coins are thrust against theend cap by the spring and the endmost coin of the pile which isinengagement with the end cap occupies a position opposite the dischargeslot and above the lower edge of the entrance tothe thumb-receivingslot, and will be exposed at said thumb-receiving slot, and as it isheld in a plane above the lower edge of the entrance to thethumb-receiving slot, it may be readily engaged by the thumb and pushedout through the discharge slot, the-thumb engaging the edge of the coin.By engaging the edge of the coin when pushing it out, instead ofengaging the face, it will be seen that the coin will not be depressedand thereby moved out of position to freely pass through the dischargeslot.

If desired the coin holder may be made double ended, that is to say,both ends may be constructed in the man ner above described to therebyreceive coins of different denominations, and in such case at theentrance to one of the thum'b 'receiving-slots a projection 9 will beprovided, the other slot being devoid of such projection, so that aperson may tell by the feeling which denomination of coin he isdischarging.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Lettegs Patent is:

A coin hoider consisting of a cylindrical barrel having a cap at eachend provided with a thumb-receiving slot extending from below the end ofthe barrel crosswise the end cap, and also having a slot at each'endbeneath the cap, and opposite the entrance to the thumb-receivingslot.

.for the discharge of the coins, a spring contained in said barrel forholding two piles of coins respectively against the end caps, and aprojection adjacent the entrance to the thumb-receiving-siot at one endonly, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES s. MARSH. Witnesses:

B. .T. Norms, H. B. DAVIS.

